Post from Pacific Fine Arts Festivals

Shop handcrafted works from small businesses! Meet Kit Night at the Ironstone Wine & Art Festival on June 11 & 12 from 10am-5pm Saturday & Sunday. Night’s work has received praise from art critic, essayist and Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike, jazz composer, pianist and creator of NPR’s "Piano Jazz", Marian McPartland and best-selling author of "Art & Physics", Leonard Shlain. "My work is influenced by Jazz. Miles, Coltrane, Dizzy, Evans, Brubeck and, as Count Basie used to refer to him, "Oscar Pete." I love listening to the old guys tell their stories and talk about their struggles. Listening to Jazz Profiles on NPR, it's like hanging out with them late at night. The music is alive, always changing. They push space. They push themselves to take risks. This is what I try to do with my paintings. "I'm interested in the cross-pollination of the arts. There are great parallels between what makes a good story and a good painting, between what makes spatially dynamic dance, music or art: strong characters, tension, advancing the plot, surprise, tempo, the pieces distilled to their essence.” "And, of course, one can't do better than to spend time in nature. My motto: when in doubt, go out." ~ Kit Night Get to know the artists and learn the stories behind each piece they make. Visit us at pacificfinearts.com to learn about upcoming events.